What if developers had access to 100% of the power in the consoles?

[archer9234]

VanceIX said:

archer9234 said:
Basically you're asking for modern consoles to remove the OS? And revert back to classic systems that just start. It probably wouldn't help. Developers always complain there isn't enough every generation. Because they keep making their games more huge than the system can output, with a limit. It help in one area though. You can just shut the system off without waiting for it to shut down.

No, what I'm saying is that there is an OS when you startup. You can access Netflix, web-browse, message people, buy games, etc. while in the OS. The moment you start a game, however, the OS ceases to run unless you exit back to the home menu, instead giving 100% of the power to the console.

It still essentially turns all other functions off. For online to work you'd need for the game to handle a lot of things. Like the friend invite system. You couldn't do the background video recording on PS4. Making the consoles features a bit moot. The throphy system wouldn't function either. Unless the game tells the system to check save data to update it. The Wii basically functioned the way you're thinking. The home button screen is actually fake. It's built into the games themselves.